{"id":161862,"date":"2025-09-26T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161862\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:23:07","slug":"they-made-me-cry-romain-grosjean-hails-fantastic-f1-return-as-emotional-haas-test-day-ends-with-standing-ovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/161862\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They made me cry!\u2019 \u2013 Romain Grosjean hails \u2018fantastic\u2019 F1 return as emotional Haas test day ends with standing ovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Romain Grosjean has admitted that he was overcome with emotion at the end of his special test outing on Friday, which marked the Frenchman\u2019s first drive in an F1 car for almost five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Grosjean made his last F1 appearance at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix when he <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiY3Jhc2hlZCB0aHJvdWdoIHRoZSBiYXJyaWVyc19saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vdmlkZW8vMjAyMC1iYWhyYWluLWdyYW5kLXByaXgtZ3Jvc2plYW4tZXNjYXBlcy1odWdlLWNyYXNoLWFuZC1maXJlLWF0LXJhY2Utc3RhcnQuMTY4NzUyMTgzMDIxMDgwMDY4NiIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/video\/2020-bahrain-grand-prix-grosjean-escapes-huge-crash-and-fire-at-race-start.1687521830210800686\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crashed through the barriers<\/a> on the opening lap \u2013 a shocking incident that engulfed his Haas car in flames and left him with burns to both hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Haas gave him an opportunity to make a comeback this week, however, as part of <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiYSBUZXN0aW5nIG9mIFByZXZpb3VzIENhciAoVFBDKSBldmVudF9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L2FydGljbGUvZ3Jvc2plYW4tdG8tZHJpdmUtZjEtY2FyLWZvci1maXJzdC10aW1lLXNpbmNlLTIwMjAtYmFocmFpbi1ncC1jcmFzaC1pbi5hRXpSY205ekYzcXhGb2FoR0pudEciLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/grosjean-to-drive-f1-car-for-first-time-since-2020-bahrain-gp-crash-in.aEzRcm9zF3qxFoahGJntG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Testing of Previous Car (TPC) event<\/a> at the Mugello Circuit in Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Grosjean took to a wet track <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoid2l0aCBhIGhlbG1ldCBkZXNpZ25lZCBieSBoaXMgY2hpbGRyZW5fbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2xhdGVzdC9hcnRpY2xlL2dhbGxlcnktZ3Jvc2plYW4tcmV0dXJucy10by13aGVlbC1vZi1mMS1jYXItd2l0aC1oYWFzLWZvci1maXJzdC10aW1lLWluLWZpdmUuMzJlM1hmVEh5bUVoMjg3b2hrdnp2IiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/gallery-grosjean-returns-to-wheel-of-f1-car-with-haas-for-first-time-in-five.32e3XfTHymEh287ohkvzv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a helmet designed by his children<\/a> that he had planned to wear at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix \u2013 this set to be his final F1 race before he was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Also in attendance were Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur and now-Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu, who took on his previous role as Grosjean\u2019s race engineer, while a couple of other F1 outfits were present for Pirelli tyre testing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Speaking when he hopped out of the car, Grosjean said: \u201cFive years after Bahrain, here we are at Mugello. A big thanks to MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, it was a special day! Of course, Gene Haas, Ayao Komatsu, they made it happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cIt was a wet day, but as we say with weddings, rainy wedding, happy wedding, so it was a rainy day, happy day. I felt a bit rusty at first, then everything came back. I even got to do a standing start, and guess what? My last standing start was Bahrain 2020. This time it turned out way better!<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cA very unique opportunity, getting to see some of the people that were in Australia 2016 [for Haas\u2019 first Grand Prix], and to get to drive the new generation of car. It was fantastic. I\u2019m very, very grateful. There are just no other words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cThey made me cry at the end of the day! I kept my visor down, but for my last in-lap everyone from Ferrari, Red Bull, Pirelli and of course MoneyGram Haas F1 Team was here, clapping and giving me like an ovation. That\u2019s something I was expecting in Abu Dhabi 2020, but I think it was even better today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romain Grosjean has admitted that he was overcome with emotion at the end of his special test outing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-161862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}